We’re proud to congratulate our HGAR members and staff who are serving on NYSAR boards, committees, forums, foundations and working groups for 2025.

Ron R. Garafalo, AHWD, C2EX | Former HGAR President | NYSAR President Elect

• Budget & Finance Committee
• Executive Committee, Vice Chair
• Investment Committee
• Organizing Planning Committee
• Statewide Forms Committee, Chair

Dino Alexander, GRI, AHWD, EPRO, MRP, PSA, RSPS, SFR

• 2025 Board of Directors, Large Association Representative
• 2025 Commercial Committee, Member: Commercial Board Representative

Carmen A. Bauman | HGAR Immediate Past President

• 2025 Commercial Issues Working Group
• 2025 Multiple Listing Issues & Policies Committee

T. Teresa Belmore, AHWD

• 2025 Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee
• 2025 Executive Committee
• 2025 Leadership Academy Advisory Board, Vice Chair
• 2025 Legislative Policy Forum
• 2025 Article 12A Working Group
• 2025 Commercial Issues Working Group
• 2025 NYC Issues Working Group

Dorothy Botsoe,  ABR, CBR, CIPS, CRB, CRS, GRI, SRES, AHWD, EPRO, SFR, SRS, PSA, RENE, C2EX  |  Former HGAR President

• 2025 Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee, Chair
• 2025 Fair Housing & Cultural Diversity Committee
• 2025 Legislative Policy Forum
• 2025 Article 12A Working Group
• 2025 Co-Op Issues Working Group
• 2025 Organizing Planning Committee

Donna Bruno, ABR, CRS, AHWD, C2EX, PSA, RENE

• Education Management Committee
• Local Board Education Forum
• Young Professionals

Robert Burr, EPRO, AHWD, C2EX, RSPS, SFR

• 2025 Global, Resort & Second-home Markets Committee
• 2025 Commercial Issues Working Group
• 2025 Multiple Listing Issues & Policies Committee
• 2025 Professional Standards Committee

Carol Christiansen, ABR, CBR, AHWD, PSA

• 2025 Fair Housing & Cultural Diversity Committee 2025
• Legislative Steering Committee 2025
• Article 12A Working Group, Chair 2025
• Multiple Listing Issues & Policies Committee

Annette Chrystal, AHWD

• 2025 Education Management Committee
• 2025 Article 12A Working Group

Tony L. D'Anzica, CIPS, AHWD | HGAR Previous Past President

• 2025 Issues Mobilization Committee, At Large
• 2025 NYC Issues Working Group
• 2025 Nominating Committee, Primary Member, Local Board Rep

Katheryn DeClerck, GRI, SRES, ABR, GREEN, EPRO, C2EX, PSA, RSPS, AHWD, SFR | Former HGAR President

• 2025 Faculty Development Sub-Committee

Laurie DiFrancesco, GRI, C2EX, SFR

• 2025 Article 12A Working Group
• 2025 Local Board Education Forum

Anthony A. Domathoti, ABR, AHWD, C2EX, CIPS | Former HGAR President

• 2025 Legislative Policy Forum
• 2025 Legislative Steering Committee, At Large HGAR
  
• 2025 Article 12A Working Group
  
• 2025 NYC Issues Working Group
• 2025 RPAC Trustees, Vice Chair

J.P. Endres, GRI, C2EX | Former HGAR President

• 2025 Past President’s Advisory Board

Roseanne Farrow, ABR, CRB, GRI, EPRO, AHWD, C2EX, PSA, SFR

• 2025 Education Management Committee
• 2025 Faculty Development Sub-Committee
• 2025 Article 12A Working Group
• 2025 Local Board Education Forum
• 2025 Professional Standards Committee

Gail Fattizzi, CBR, SFR, AHWD | Former HGAR President

• 2025 Education Management Committee
• 2025 Fair Housing & Cultural Diversity Committee
• 2025 Co-Op Issues Working Group
• 2025 Local Board Education Forum

Lynda M. Fernandez, CIPS, RCE, AHWD, EPRO, C2EX | HGAR Chief Executive Officer

• 2025 Association Executives Advisory Committee
• 2025 Association Executives Forum

Susan Goldy, GRI, CIPS, SRES

• 2025 Fair Housing & Cultural Diversity Committee
• 2025 Article 12A Working Group
• 2025 Commercial Issues Working Group
• 2025 NYC Issues Working Group
• 2025 Organizing Planning Committee

Irene Guanill, CIPS, AHWD, C2EX, MRP, GREEN, GRI, ABR, CRS, SRES, SRS,

• 2025 Fair Housing & Cultural Diversity Committee
• 2025 Global, Resort & Second-home Markets Committee
• 2025 Grievance committee
• 2025 Legislative Policy Forum
• 2025 Article 12A Working Group
• 2025 Professional Standards Steering Committee

Peter Harris, ABR, SFR

• 2025 Appraisal Committee
• 2025 Co-Op Issues Working Group

Dionne Harris-Jackman, AHWD, PSA, SFR

• 2025 Fair Housing & Cultural Diversity Committee
• 2025 Multiple Listing Issues & Policies Committee
• 2025 Co-Op Issues Working Group

Crystal Hawkins Syska, AHWD | Former HGAR President

• 2025 Issues Mobilization Committee, Lower Hudson Region
• 2025 Legal Action Committee
• 2025 Legislative Policy Forum
• 2025 Co-Op Issues Working Group
• 2025 NYC Issues Working Group
• 2025 Nominating Committee, Alternate Member, Local Board Rep 

Richard Herska

• 2025 Fair Housing & Cultural Diversity Committee
• 2025 Global, Resort & Second-home Markets Committee
• 2025 Young Professionals

Rey Hollingsworth Falu, ABR, AHWD | HGAR President Elect

• 2025 Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee
• 2025 Legislative Policy Forum, Vice Chair
• 2025 Legislative Steering Committee, Vice Chair
• 2025 RPAC Trustees

Pamela Jones, GRI, ABR, SFR

• 2025 Housing Opportunities Foundation
• 2025 Legislative Policy Forum
• 2025 Article 12A Working Group
  
• 2025 Commercial Issues Working Group

Nadir Khan

• 2025 NYC Issues Working Group
• 2025 Safety Forum

Barry Kramer | Former HGAR President

• 2025 Fair Housing & Cultural Diversity Committee
• 2025 Issues Mobilization Committee, Chair
• 2025 Legislative Policy Forum
• 2025 Co-Op Issues Working Group
• 2025 Multiple Listing Issues & Policies Committee
• 2025 RPAC Trustees, IMF Committee Chair

Cynthia Lippolis, CBR

• 2025 Article 12A Working Group
• 2025 Multiple Listing Issues & Policies Committee
• 2025 Professional Standards Committee

Joseph Lippolis, SRES, SFR | HGAR Treasurer

• 2025 Association Executives Forum
• 2025 Budget & Finance Committee, Local Board/Assoc. Rep
• 2025 Legislative Policy Forum

Clayton Livingston, C2EX, EPRO

• 2025 Legislative Policy Forum
• Article 12A Working Group
• 2025 Commercial Issues Working Group
• 2025 Professional Standards Committee
• 2025 Professional Standards Steering Committee

Daniel Martinez

• 2025 Appraisal Committee
• 2025 Association Executives Forum
• 2025 Article 12A Working Group
• 2025 Young Professionals

Harding Mason, GRI | Former HGAR President

• 2025 Legislative Policy Forum
• 2025 Article 12A Working Group
• 2025 Multiple Listing Issues & Policies Committee

Carole McCann, MRP, PSA | HGAR Regional Director Orange

• 2025 Education Management Committee
• 2025 Fair Housing & Cultural Diversity Committee
• 2025 Local Board Education Forum
• 2025 Professional Standards Committee

Peter Nikic, EPRO

• 2025 Commercial Issues Working Group
• 2025 NYC Issues Working Group

Roseann Paggiotta, GRI, PMN, C2EX, AHWD, SFR

• 2025 Article 12A Working Group
• 2025 Multiple Listing Issues & Policies Committee
• 2025 Professional Standards Committee

Brian Phillips, ABR, CIPS, CRS, GRI, SRS, AHWD, C2EX, EPRO, PSA, SFR,

• 2025 Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee
• 2025 Fair Housing & Cultural Diversity Committee
• 2025 Global, Resort & Second-home Markets Committee
• 2025 Legislative Policy Forum
• 2025 Article 12A Working Group
• 2025 Co-Op Issues Working Group
• 2025 NYC Issues Working Group
• 2025 Multiple Listing Issues & Policies Committee
• 2025 Professional Standards Committee

Valerie Port, E2EX

• 2025 Global, Resort & Second-home Markets Committee
• 2025 Article 12A Working Group
• 2025 Commercial Issues Working Group
• 2025 Multiple Listing Issues & Policies Committee

Myriam Ramos, ABR, GRI, EPRO, SFR

• 2025 Fair Housing & Cultural Diversity Committee
• 2025 Global, Resort & Second-home Markets Committee
• 2025 Article 12A Working Group
• 2025 Nominating Committee, Alternate Member, Lower Hudson Region Rep
• 2025 Professional Standards Committee

Anthony Ruperto | HGAR Secretary

• 2025 Fair Housing & Cultural Diversity Committee
• 2025 Global, Resort & Second-home Markets Committee
• 2025 Housing Opportunities Foundation
• 2025 Legislative Policy Forum

Stephanie Schonholz

• 2025 Fair Housing & Cultural Diversity Committee

Vlora Sejdi, SRES, C2EX | HGAR President

• 2025 Executive Committee, Local Board/Assoc Rep
• 2025 Fair Housing & Cultural Diversity Committee
• 2025 Legal Action Committee
• 2025 Legislative Policy Forum
• 2025 Article 12A Working Group

Christina Stevens, GRI, AHWD

• 2025 Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee
• 2025 Education Management Committee
• 2025 NYC Issues Working Group
• 2025 Organizing Planning Committee

Maryann Tercasio, GRI, SFR

• 2025 Legislative Policy Forum
• 2025 Article 12A Working Group
• 2025 Multiple Listing Issues & Policies Committee
• 2025 Organizing Planning Committee
• 2025 Professional Standards Committee

Leigh Tripathi

• 2025 Professional Standards Committee

Kaalund Valerie

• 2025 Fair Housing & Cultural Diversity Committee
• 2025 Global, Resort & Second-home Markets Committee
• 2025 Young Professionals

Carl Vandemark, HFR, PSA

• 2025 Fair Housing & Cultural Diversity Committee
• 2025 Article 12A Working Group

Robin White, AHWD

• 2025 Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee

Cheryl Williams

• 2025NYS Real Estate Education Foundation, Lower Hudson Region
• 2025 Education Management Committee
• 2025 Fair Housing & Cultural Diversity Committee
• 2025 Professional Standards Committee

Shanese Williams

• 2025 Legislative Policy Forum
• 2025 Article 12A Working Group
• 2025 NYC Issues Working Group